Teaching Rap in Secondary I School:A practical approach to make poetry interesting for teenagers

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Didactics - English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 11, University of Frankfurt (Main) (Institut für England und Amerikastudien Didaktik der englischen Sprache), course: Performing Poetry, language: English, abstract: The following term paper deals with rap as a form of poetry to be taught in a foreign English language classroom with the focus on a 10th grade of the Secondary I School. The second chapter of this term paper analyzes the literary genre of poetry since it is fundamental for the comprehension of poems in general. The third chapter deals with rap as a form of poetry which provides a lifeworld reference for students. In order to understand the message behind rap poems it is necessary that students acquire knowledge about the development of rap. In addition students should learn to apprehend rap as a form of poetry, which might initially not be obvious due to the informal speech style. The fourth chapter of this term paper explains the importance of teaching poetry in a foreign English language classroom with the focus on rap as a form of poetry. For this purpose the rap poems "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" and "Liberty Needs Glasses" by Tupac Shakur are taken into consideration for teaching a 10th grade of a Secondary I School in rap.